Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan’s southwestern main island, saw the highest rise in foreign residents. Read more at ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi toured some of the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Saturday, marking his first visit to the southernmost Japan prefecture since taking office last ...

On Japan’s Tanegashima Island, a researcher rekindles hopes for domestic biofuel using a powerful new sugarcane strain.

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Foreign population in 10 Japan ...

After careful consideration, the Hong Kong delegation has decided to cancel next month's secondary school exchange program to ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. By emphasizing the dangers facing the archipelago, Japan's right wing seeks to stoke public anxiety in order ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is trying to raise his profile, including by actively disseminating through social media and other means information on the military movements of countries a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is likely to prioritize security reforms and deterrence in the face of recent “hybrid” threats from China, the National Security Bureau (NSB) ...

Once filled with candy, Advent calendars now pour whiskey instead—transforming December into a nightly tasting across the ...

The USS Hornet — an aircraft carrier that saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, ...

China has indicated it will not join what was supposed to be a trilateral summit with Japan and South Korea that Japan is ...